The extraordinary Jemima Layzell wanted to be an author. She is now, but sadly posthumously. She died, unexpectedly, from a brain haemorrhage last year. However, at the age of 13 she decided she wanted to be an organ donor. She saved the lives of eight people and transformed the lives of two more. I urge you to buy her book. It has been endorsed by two children’s laureates, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Morpurgo. Her book is published today and available via Amazon. Today would have been her birthday. Our thoughts are with Harvey, Sophy and Amelia, who survive her. Please share this, it needs to reach as many people as possible.

310137_490652684321895_28498087_nToday I am honouring Jemima Layzell,

She wanted to write and she does it well.

She’s prodigiously gifted, as you will see,

If you buy her extraordinarily prescient diary.

Just before she died she told her dad,

That if she did, it would make her glad,

To donate her organs to keep others alive,

That her death would permit others to survive..

A mature approach, and very bold,

Astonishing for one only 13 years old.

Her parents made this fervent wish arrive,

Thanks to them and her, 10 people now thrive.

And now they’ve fulfilled her second dream,

To be a part of academe.

So gentle reader, buy her book,

I assure you it is definitely worth a look.

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